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Evening

William Lee Hankey

Artwork Details

Evening
1919
William Lee Hankey
drypoint on paper
8 15/16 in x 9 7/8 in (22.7 cm x 25.08 cm);22 1/16 in x 18 1/8 in (56.04 cm x 46.04 cm)
Gift of Carl Fredric Clarke
1949/1.73

Description

Subject Matter:

William Lee Hankey was a British artist who studied at the Chester School of Art and the Royal College of Art. Hankey often depicted lanscapes and people- particularly commoners and peasants such as these. He spent a significant amount time in France, and was influenced by Jules Bastien-Lepage. Hankey was associated with the Newlyn School in Britain.

Physical Description:

This is a print of two people, a man and a woman. The woman wears a long dress, clogs, and a scarf covering most of her hair, and carries a large basket in her arms. The man walks behind her wearing a brimmed hat and carrying a sack/bundle of hay over his shoulder. The people are threadbare and the very low horizon is bare except for a colonaded bridge, slightly visible, in the distance on the left. 

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